Selu Dy SP bribe case complainant held in murder case

Aurangabad: The crime branch of the Parbhani police has arrested a 41-year-old realtor — complainant in the bribe case of Selu deputy superintendent of police — on the charges of murder, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence. A team, led by assistant inspector Vyankatesh Alewar, arrested Rahul Kasat, who has now been charged with getting his friend Suresh Karwa killed in an accident as he was proving to be a hurdle in hi alleged illicit relationship with the latter’s wife. The accused was arrested from Hyderabad and produced before the court on Friday. He has been remanded in nine-day police custody.Superintendent of police Jayant Mina said Kasat decided to get his friend killed in accident after his previous attempts to get him killed through contract killers proved futile. So far, five accused have been arrested in the case.On May 2, Karwa, a businessman from Manvat, was run over by a speeding truck on Siddhanath Borgaon Road. Accordingly, based on the complaint lodged by the deceased’s elder brother, an offence was registered against the truck driver on the charges of causing death due to negligence and rash driving.Few days later an audio clip, a conversation between the deceased’s wife and Kasat, was uploaded on the social media. While Selu police were on the verge of closing Karwa’s case as accidental death, the audio clip reached the then deputy SP Rajendra Pal who allegedly demanded Rs 2 crore in bribe for not naming Kasat as accused in the murder case.Unwilling to pay hefty bribe, Kasat lodged a complaint with Mumbai ACB and a trap was laid on the night of July 23 and caught police naik Ganesh Chavan red handed while accepting Rs 10 lakh on Pal’s behalf.The demand for such a huge bribe amount attracted attention of senior police officers following which young IPS officer Shravan Dutt and additional superintendent of police Mummakka Sudarshan were tasked to probe the case of accidental death. Soon it came to fore that Kasat was allegedly the brain behind Karwa’s murder. Soon he was named as an accused in the case. On learning about the development, Kasat went underground and moved an application for anticipatory bail.Vinod Ambhure, one of the accused, hired a truck on the pretext of transporting goods and asked Rajebhau Khandagle to carry out the task.